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Wired.com presents, the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 284 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Jess Phoenix. She's a volcanologist, a scientist who studies

volcanoes, who currently appears on the Science Channel show What on Earth, and

she's also the co-founder of the nonprofit organization Blueprint Earth which helps promote science and

science education. Jess is also currently running for Congress in

California's 25th congressional district north of Los Angeles against incumbent

Steve Knight. This is part of a wider movement of

scientists who have been so disturbed by the Trump administration's attacks on

science and scientists that it's motivated them to get involved in politics for the first

time. To learn more about how you can support Jess, check out her campaign

website at jest 2018.com. And to learn more about how you can support other scientists running

for Congress, visit 314 Action.org.

And today's show is brought to you by Otherworld.

A new YA science fiction novel from Jason Siegel and Kirsten Miller.

Kirsten Miller is the author of the acclaimed Kiki Strike books, The New York Times Best Seller

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